microsoft word starter 2010 won't open

Anonymous
2010-08-20T05:40:13+00:00

I was just using it, then I went to re-open for my daughter and a box appears saying microsoft word starter cannot be opened. Try again or repair the product in control panel. Well i went to control panel under programs chose the program and clicked change, it still didnt work. Does anyone know whats going on? and or how i can get it to work?

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Anonymous
2011-08-26T07:54:17+00:00

This just happened to me. 

The answer is here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2465140

Basically:

  1. open the control panel
  2. choose programs & features
  3. right click on Microsoft Office Starter edition
  4. select change
  5. Say "yes" to repairing the app.

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-06-07T03:03:58+00:00

    Thank you very much! a simple fix is always best!

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-05-10T01:49:21+00:00

    this worked for me, thank you

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-05-08T12:40:14+00:00

    I have just fixed this problem on my laptop. I went to the control panel and uninstalled Microsoft Word Starter. I then clicked on the Microsoft Office 2010 icon and it brought up the screen that gave me the option of buying the full program or INSTALLING the starter version. I chose to re-install the starter version and it all works fine again. Hope it works for you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-05-05T18:01:39+00:00

    I went to fix another problem in Starter 2010 where I couldn't change the font without Word Starter Freezing. I followed the steps described here and used the "fix program".   Now the program won't open at all. Nice fix.

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